Copperplate and letterpress printers can be seen at work on the ice and in the foreground a hot mutton pie seller is approached by two customers (Picture: Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

These paintings, both from 1814, give an idea of how these fairs worked.

It looks like there was a lot of queueing involved even back then. Just imagine how long you’ll have to queue to get on these new frozen contraptions.

Three Cranes Wharf is seen on the left of this view of London’s Frost Fair (Picture: Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)